Yorktown News

Wars are rarely fought without the use of spies and the American Revolution was no exception.

If you are plagued with voles eating your plants, here's the way to eliminate them, courtesy gardener Jim Kinney in Yorktown, Va.: "I've got a tried-and-true treatment for removing voles from mulched flower and shrub beds that I've perfected over the past five years.

It's time to dream of those summertime sandwiches and BLTs, made with tomatoes you grow in your own yard - in pots or the ground.

Over 4,000 miles and 13 states, off-duty U.S. Coastguard members are Carting for A Cause to raise awareness for the Wounded Warrior Project.

When the director of the Middle Passage port markers project arrives in Yorktown to give a talk about slavery Friday night, she'll find herself in the perfect place.

A man is facing felony charges in York County of bilking an ex-wife of former state delegate Phil Hamilton by promising to get him out of prison through a pardon from President Barack Obama .

Once again, a beach music series will give dancers a chance to shag at the historic and picturesque Yorktown waterfront.

The 7th Annual Yorktown Market Days season kicks off Saturday, May 11, along the Yorktown waterfront at Riverwalk Landing between Buckner and Ballard streets, according to a news release.

On May 4, 1776, Rhode Island declared its freedom from England, two months before the Declaration of Independence was adopted.

The Gallery at York Hall will host local artist Linda Miller demonstrating how to create a botanical portrait 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4. The gallery, located at 301 Main Street in Yorktown , is a cooperative effort between the Celebrate Yorktown Committee and York County.

He was born on Dec. 17, 1929, in Altoona, and was the eldest child of Harry and Marjorie Murrow.

An 18-year-old Newport News man pleaded guilty Tuesday in York-Poquoson Circuit Court to his role in a carjacking in 2011 that started in Yorktown and ended with the stolen vehicle being rammed into a gun store in Gloucester.

Five off-duty Coast Guard members from Yorktown, Va. are out to bring attention to veterans and specifically The Wounded Warrior Project.

The state-operated museums have made the online-only offer available to residents in the Hampton Roads and Richmond areas for the past two years.

NAVAL WEAPONS STATION YORKTOWN, Va. - Whale fossils, estimated to be seven million years old, were unearthed at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown this month.